{"id":1197,"date":"2021-04-17T11:41:13","date_gmt":"2021-04-17T09:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/17\/in-this-world-social-media-is-everything-how-dubai-became-the-planets-influencer-capital\/"},"modified":"2021-04-17T11:41:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T09:41:13","slug":"in-this-world-social-media-is-everything-how-dubai-became-the-planets-influencer-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/17\/in-this-world-social-media-is-everything-how-dubai-became-the-planets-influencer-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018In this world, social media is everything\u2019: how Dubai became the planet\u2019s influencer capital"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once a small port on the edge of a desert, Dubai is now a magnet for reality stars and a jet set crowd looking to beat the vaccine queue. But do the filtered images tell the whole story?<\/p>\n

On the electric blue tarmac of a helipad on the edge of Palm Jumeirah, an artificial island on the Dubai coastline, Busra Duran stands on tiptoes. Wearing multicoloured trainers and a pink tulle minidress, the 28-year-old Turkish <\/strong>influencer is posing for photos in front of a red helicopter. Her husband, G\u00f6khan G\u00fcnd\u00fcz, <\/strong>snaps away as she models her pink sunglasses in the shadow of the Atlantis, a blush-coloured hotel with green pointed rooftops which resembles the fake castles of Disneyland\u2019s Magic Kingdom.<\/p>\n

\u2018G\u00fcnd\u00fcz, 29, wears a striped T-shirt with the word \u201cpositive\u201d emblazoned around the collar. Duran skips over to check the photos he\u2019s taken, before they discuss her Instagram shots from the ride. Duran approached the helicopter company to request this free 12-minute tour, the shortest available, and they were happy to oblige. \u201cIt was amazing,\u201d she says, flatly, sounding unconvinced. The trip is one of a whole roster of experiences Duran has set up for the benefit of her 608,000 Instagram followers<\/a>. In a few days, the couple have arranged to play golf \u2013 another free gift \u2013 and Duran often poses for pictures at restaurants in exchange for a meal. Her glittering Dubai lifestyle is displayed on her Instagram: one day she\u2019ll be perching on the side of a bubble bath<\/a> in an upmarket hotel reading a copy of Gulf News; the next in a red swimsuit<\/a> beside a pool, a glass of ros\u00e9 in one hand and a copy of a Paulo Coelho novel in front of her.<\/p>\n

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\nOnce a small port on the edge of a desert, Dubai is now a magnet for reality stars and a jet set crowd looking to beat the vaccine queue. But do the filtered images tell the whole story?
\nOn the electric blue tarmac of a helipad on the edge of Palm Jumeirah, an artificial island on the Dubai coastline, Busra Duran stands on tiptoes. Wearing multicoloured trainers and a pink tulle minidress, the 28-year-old Turkish influencer is posing for photos in front of a red helicopter. Her husband, G\u00f6khan G\u00fcnd\u00fcz, snaps away as she models her pink sunglasses in the shadow of the Atlantis, a blush-coloured hotel with green pointed rooftops which resembles the fake castles of Disneyland\u2019s Magic Kingdom.
\n\u2018G\u00fcnd\u00fcz, 29, wears a striped T-shirt with the word \u201cpositive\u201d emblazoned around the collar. Duran skips over to check the photos he\u2019s taken, before they discuss her Instagram shots from the ride. Duran approached the helicopter company to request this free 12-minute tour, the shortest available, and they were happy to oblige. \u201cIt was amazing,\u201d she says, flatly, sounding unconvinced. The trip is one of a whole roster of experiences Duran has set up for the benefit of her 608,000 Instagram followers. In a few days, the couple have arranged to play golf \u2013 another free gift \u2013 and Duran often poses for pictures at restaurants in exchange for a meal. Her glittering Dubai lifestyle is displayed on her Instagram: one day she\u2019ll be perching on the side of a bubble bath in an upmarket hotel reading a copy of Gulf News; the next in a red swimsuit beside a pool, a glass of ros\u00e9 in one hand and a copy of a Paulo Coelho novel in front of her. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Once a small port on the edge of a desert, Dubai is now a magnet for reality stars and a jet set crowd looking to beat the vaccine queue. But do the filtered images tell the whole story? On the electric blue tarmac of a helipad on the edge of Palm Jumeirah, an artificial island …<\/p>\n

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